Paul Newman on screen and stage
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This article is the filmography of Paul Newman
Newman is known as a leading man in numerous Hollywood films such as Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958), The Hustler (1961), Sweet Bird of Youth (1962), Hud (1963), Torn Curtain (1966), Cool Hand Luke (1967), Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969), The Sting (1973), The Towering Inferno (1974), Slap Shot (1977), Fort Apache, The Bronx (1981), Absence of Malice (1981), The Verdict (1982), The Color of Money (1986), Mr. and Mrs. Bridge (1990), The Hudsucker Proxy (1994), Nobody's Fool (1994), and Road to Perdition (2002).
Newman started his career on stage making his Broadway debut in as Alan Seymour in the William Inge play Picnic in 1953. He continued to act on Broadway in The Desperate Hours (1955), Sweet Bird of Youth (1959), Our Town (2002). He is also known for his roles in television such as the stage manager in the Showtime / PBS Television film Our Town (2003) and as Max Roby in the HBO miniseries Empire Falls (2005).
As actor[edit]
Film[edit]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1954 | The Silver Chalice | Basil | |
| 1956 | Somebody Up There Likes Me | Rocky Graziano | |
| The Rack | Capt. Edward W. Hall Jr. | ||
| 1957 | The Helen Morgan Story | Larry Maddux | |
| Until They Sail | Capt. Jack Harding | ||
| 1958 | The 80 Yard Run | Christian Darling | |
| The Long, Hot Summer | Ben Quick | ||
| The Left Handed Gun | Billy the Kid | ||
| Cat on a Hot Tin Roof | Brick Pollitt | ||
| Rally 'Round the Flag, Boys! | Harry Bannerman | ||
| 1959 | The Young Philadelphians | Anthony Judson Lawrence | |
| 1960 | From the Terrace | David Alfred Eaton | |
| Exodus | Ari Ben Canaan | ||
| 1961 | The Hustler | Eddie Felson | |
| Paris Blues | Ram Bowen | ||
| 1962 | Sweet Bird of Youth | Chance Wayne | |
| Hemingway's Adventures of a Young Man | Ad Francis, "The Battler" | ||
| 1963 | Hud | Hud Bannon | |
| A New Kind of Love | Steve Sherman | ||
| The Prize | Andrew Craig | ||
| 1964 | What a Way to Go! | Larry Flint | |
| The Outrage | Juan Carrasco | ||
| 1965 | Lady L | Armand Denis | |
| 1966 | Harper | Lew Harper | |
| Torn Curtain | Prof. Michael Armstrong | Directed by Alfred Hitchcock | |
| 1967 | Hombre | John Russell | |
| Cool Hand Luke | Lucas "Luke" Jackson | ||
| 1968 | The Secret War of Harry Frigg | Pvt. Harry Frigg | |
| 1969 | Winning | Frank Capua | |
| Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid | Butch Cassidy | ||
| 1970 | WUSA | Rheinhardt | |
| King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis | Himself | Documentary | |
| 1971 | Sometimes a Great Notion | Hank Stamper | Alternate title: Never Give A Inch |
| 1972 | Pocket Money | Jim Kane | |
| The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean | Judge Roy Bean | ||
| 1973 | The Mackintosh Man | Joseph Rearden | |
| The Sting | Henry Gondorff | ||
| 1974 | The Towering Inferno | Doug Roberts | |
| 1975 | The Drowning Pool | Lew Harper | |
| 1976 | Silent Movie | Himself | Cameo |
| Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull's History Lesson | Buffalo Bill | ||
| 1977 | Slap Shot | Reggie "Reg" Dunlop | |
| 1979 | Quintet | Essex | |
| 1980 | When Time Ran Out... | Hank Anderson | |
| 1981 | Fort Apache, The Bronx | Murphy | |
| Absence of Malice | Michael Colin Gallagher | ||
| 1982 | The Verdict | Frank Galvin | |
| 1984 | Harry & Son | Harry Keach | |
| 1986 | The Color of Money | Fast Eddie Felson | |
| 1989 | Fat Man and Little Boy | Gen. Leslie R. Groves | |
| Blaze | Gov. Earl K. Long | ||
| 1990 | Mr. and Mrs. Bridge | Walter Bridge | |
| 1994 | The Hudsucker Proxy | Sidney J. Mussburger | |
| Nobody's Fool | Donald J. "Sully" Sullivan | ||
| 1998 | Twilight | Harry Ross | |
| 1999 | Message in a Bottle | Dodge Blake | |
| 2000 | Where the Money Is | Henry Manning | |
| 2002 | Road to Perdition | John Rooney | |
| 2005 | Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon 3D | Dave Scott | Voice; Documentary short |
| 2006 | Cars | Doc Hudson | Voice |
| Mater and the Ghostlight | Voice; Short film | ||
| 2007 | Dale | Narrator | Voice |
| 2008 | The Meerkats | Narrator | Voice; Documentary |
| 2017 | Cars 3 | Doc Hudson | Voice (Archive Recordings); posthumous release |
Television[edit]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1955 | Producers' Showcase | George Gibbs | Episode: " Our Town" |
| 1956 | The United States Steel Hour | Henry Wiggen | Episode: "Bang the Drum Slowly" |
| 1971 | Once Upon a Wheel | Himself | ABC Television documentary |
| 1982 | Come Along with Me | Hughie | Voice; Television film |
| 2001 | The Simpsons | Himself | Voice; Episode: "The Blunder Years" |
| 2003 | Our Town | Stage Manager | Showtime / PBS Television film |
| 2005 | Empire Falls | Max Roby | HBO miniseries; 2 episodes |
| 2022 | The Last Movie Stars | Self | HBO Max docu-series; posthumous release |
Theatre[edit]
| Year | Title | Role | Playwright | Venue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1953 | Picnic | Alan Seymour | William Inge | Music Box Theatre, Broadway |
| 1955 | The Desperate Hours | Glenn Griffin | Joseph Hayes | Ethel Barrymore Theatre, Broadway |
| 1959 | Sweet Bird of Youth | Chance Wayne | Tennessee Williams | Martin Beck Theatre, Broadway |
| 1964 | Baby Want a Kiss | Emil | James Costigan | Little Theatre, Broadway |
| 2002 | Our Town | Stage Manager | Thorton Wilder | Booth Theatre, Broadway |
Video games[edit]
| Year | Title | Voice role |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Cars | Doc Hudson |
As director or producer[edit]
Partial theater credits[edit]
- "Harvey" playing the lead, Elwood P. Dowd – Belfry Players Theater, Williams Bay, Wisconsin. 1949
- Phaedra by Jean Racine and Robert Collington Ackart – Yale, 1951
- Beethoven by Dorothy B. Bland – Yale, 1952
- Picnic by William Inge – New York, 1953–54[2]
- The Desperate Hours – New York, 1955[2]
- Sweet Bird of Youth by Tennessee Williams – New York, 1959–60[2]
- Baby Want a Kiss – New York, 1964[2]
- Love Letters – Westport, 2000
- The Constant Wife – Westport, 2000
- Our Town by Thornton Wilder – Westport, New York, 2002–2003[2]
- Trumbo – New York, 2004
References[edit]
- ^ Bernstein, Adam (September 27, 2008). "Academy-Award Winning Actor Paul Newman Dies at 83". The Washington Post. Retrieved September 27, 2008.
- ^ a b c d e Paul Newman on screen and stage at the Internet Broadway Database
External links[edit]
- Paul Newman at IMDb